Rock
Recorded 1913–2025 · United States
Rock was most popular in 1957, when 155 American babies were given the name — ranking #1,397 that year. In 2025 it ranked #11,378, with 17 births. Across 1880–2025 the Social Security Administration has recorded 2,681 people named Rock.
Rock over time
How old is the name Rock?
Rock first appears in Social Security Administration records in 1913, which makes it about 112 years old as a recorded American name. It has been recorded in 97 of the 113 years since.
How many people are named Rock?
The Social Security Administration has recorded 2,681 American births named Rock between 1880 and 2025. That is recorded US births, not a world population — it counts people issued a Social Security number at birth in the United States. Of those, roughly 2,169 are estimated to be alive today.
How many babies were named Rock in 2025?
17 American babies were named Rock in 2025, ranking #11,378 that year.
Is Rock getting more or less popular?
Rock is falling. Across 2021–2025 it averaged 17 births a year, against 25 a year across 2011–2015 — a change of -32% over the decade.
Measured on recorded births. American births overall have fallen since 2007, so most established names lose births over any recent decade — a name can shed births and still hold its rank. Compare the rank above, which is measured against the other names of the same year.
Is Rock a boy’s or a girl’s name?
Across the whole record Rock is a boy’s name — 0.0% of the 2,681 Americans given it were girls and 100.0% were boys. In births since 2016 it is 0% girls and 100% boys.
Counted from every US birth the Social Security Administration recorded under this name, so it reflects use rather than opinion. A name given to fewer than five babies of one sex in a year is withheld at source and is not counted.
How old is someone named Rock?
Roughly 2,169 Americans named Rock are alive today — 81% of everyone ever recorded with the name. The median is 58 years old, and half are between 27 and 68. That is a wide band, the mark of a name in steady use across generations rather than a passing fashion.
An estimate, not a count. Recorded births are carried forward through the Social Security Administration’s 2023 period life table, by age and sex. That table describes mortality in one recent year, so it credits the oldest cohorts with today’s survival rather than the harsher rates they actually lived through — the further back a name peaked, the more this will overstate how many remain. It counts people issued a Social Security number at birth, not immigrants who arrived later.
Where Rock is most concentrated
How much more common the name is in each state than across the country as a whole.
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Source: U.S.A. Social Security Administration. Years 1880–2025. namelegacy.org